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Friday, October 28, 2016

The ultimate tuque

John Brownlee at FastCompany describes ,聽 a version of the hat most associated with Canada.聽 Designed by Toronto design firm Frontier, the tuque aims to get this iconic piece of headgear right.

In terms of function, the Frontier tuque is designed to address many common complaints about tuques, such as scratchy material, lack of warmth, retention of sweat, and being too tight. It may be the most technotonic tuque of all time!

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Bugaboo luggage

Bugaboo is a Dutch company known mainly for its lines of up-market strollers. 聽I use the Bugaboo Frog in class to illustrate the concept of technotonicity: How designs appeal to potential users.聽

In physical terms, the Frog is praised for its handling, so much so that some people reported that they took it out for a push just to enjoy the feeling of steering it!